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12 funders with a record of paying for “ringer”
Where the money went Charles M Bair Memorial Trust → Blair Ringer: $74K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Gary Damon Ringer - Wayne Metro Comm Action Agcy: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Lannon Stone Foundation Inc → Macc Fund: $40K across 6 grants, latest 2025 Hammes Family Foundation Inc → Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Longwood Foundation Inc → Capital Ringers Inc: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Connecticut Humanities Council Inc → Shoreline Ringers Inc: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Blue Mountain Community Foundation → Sunbird Singers and Ringers: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Robert Herman Storz Foundation → River City Ringers: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc → Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringers of Northern Virginia: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Bayou Community Foundation → We Can All Ring: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cordelia Lunceford Beatty Trust → Blackwell Public School Foundation: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Nra Foundation Inc → The Ross County Steel Ringers: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Hammes Family Foundation Inc → Macc Fund: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc → Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringers of Nv: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Nra Foundation Inc → The Ross County Steel Ringers LLC: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Charles M Bair Memorial Trust: $74K on this topic. Open the funder. Charles M Bair Memorial Trust $74K The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. The Robert Wood Johnson Found… $55K Hammes Family Foundation Inc: $46K on this topic. Open the funder. Hammes Family Foundation Inc $46K Lannon Stone Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Lannon Stone Foundation Inc $40K Longwood Foundation Inc: $19K on this topic. Open the funder. Longwood Foundation Inc $19K Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Arts Council of Fairfax Count… $12K Connecticut Humanities Council Inc: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Connecticut Humanities Counci… $12K Blue Mountain Community Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. Blue Mountain Community Found… $10K Robert Herman Storz Foundation: $7K on this topic. Open the funder. Robert Herman Storz Foundation $7K Bayou Community Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder. Bayou Community Foundation $6K Nra Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Nra Foundation Inc $5K Cordelia Lunceford Beatty Trust: $4K on this topic. Open the funder. Cordelia Lunceford Beatty Tru… $4K Blair Ringer: received $74K on this topic Blair Ringer $74K Macc Fund: received $56K on this topic Macc Fund $56K Gary Damon Ringer - Wayne Metro Comm Action Agcy: received $55K on this topic Gary Damon Ringer - Wayne Metro… $55K Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc: received $30K on this topic Midwest Athletes Against Childh… $30K Capital Ringers Inc: received $19K on this topic Capital Ringers Inc $19K Shoreline Ringers Inc: received $12K on this topic Shoreline Ringers Inc $12K Sunbird Singers and Ringers: received $10K on this topic Sunbird Singers and Ringers $10K River City Ringers: received $7K on this topic River City Ringers $7K Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringers of Northern Virginia: received $6K on this topic Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringer… $6K We Can All Ring: received $6K on this topic We Can All Ring $6K Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringers of Nv: received $6K on this topic Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringer… $6K Blackwell Public School Foundation: received $4K on this topic Blackwell Public School Foundat… $4K The Ross County Steel Ringers: received $3K on this topic The Ross County Steel Ringers $3K The Ross County Steel Ringers LLC: received $2K on this topic The Ross County Steel Ringers L… $2K 12 funders, 14 recipients, grants matching “ringer” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $22,741 to BLAIR RINGER — school scholarship
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Largest: $15,000 to MACC FUND — ringer campaign donation & christopher's shoot donations for childhood cancer
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Largest: $16,000 to MACC FUND — 2023 macc ringer sponsorship
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Largest: $1,000 to Blackwell Public School Foundation — donation to bell ringer program for school foundation
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Largest: $6,200 to SHORELINE RINGERS INC — ct cultural fund ope
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Largest: $2,677 to The Ross County Steel Ringers — competitive shooting
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Largest: $55,000 to Gary Damon Ringer - Wayne Metro Comm Action Agcy — 75677 culture of health leaders cohort three - 201
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Largest: $19,000 to CAPITAL RINGERS INC — general operating support
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Largest: $10,000 to SUNBIRD SINGERS AND RINGERS — various purposes as approved by bmcf board
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Largest: $6,670 to RIVER CITY RINGERS — support for their mission
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Largest: $6,000 to We Can All Ring — programmable keyboard for bayou bell ringers serving individuals with disablities in lafourche
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Largest: $5,782 to VIRGINIA BRONZE HANDBELL RINGERS OF NV — operating support grant and ticket subsidy grant
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →
